Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 470 · 40 questions

How to say it (Say it by syllables): Say the word in beats and stress the CAPITAL beat: di-VEL-up (develop), hoh-TEL (hotel). Drop the silent letters: SAM-un (salmon), EYE-lund (island), ri-SEET (receipt). Do not add an extra beat at the start: SKOOL (school), STAY-shun (station), not is-KOOL.

1. 1.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
15. 15.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
17. 17.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
18. 18.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
23. 23.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
26. 26.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
27. 27.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
28. 28.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
34. 34.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
35. 35.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
38. 38.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u

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